Overview
- The blast, which struck a youth fire group Saturday evening in St. Oswald bei Freistadt, injured five children aged 10 to 14.
- Rescue teams took the children to Med Campus IV in Linz for treatment of burns and blast trauma.
- Officers inspecting a second nearby fire pit found another wartime device, and bomb disposal specialists were called in.
- One recovered item was identified as a rifle grenade, while the exact type that exploded has not been confirmed.
- Investigators are examining how the munitions came to be under established fire pits near a youth guesthouse, a risk tied to leftover wartime explosives in the region.